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Community Inclusion and Accessibility in Valletta 2018 COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY IN VALLETTA 2018 Michael Deguara with Marguerite Pace Bonello and Rene Magri 5 INTRODUCTION This report presents the findings from the third cycle of a research project which aims to identify factors affecting participation by various community groups related to the Valletta 2018 project, with particular emphasis on elements that promote or hinder the inclusion of a diverse audience. The report also focuses on the theme of accessibility, which is understood as comprising physical, social, geographical, financial, linguistic, and intellectual accessibility. The first cycle of this research project, held in 2015, emphasised the importance of an in-depth understanding of social context and the involvement and engagement of the public as critical success factors for the Valletta 2018 initiative. It also brought to the fore the reality of Valletta as a complex social space encompassing multiple layers of meaning for different community groups and individuals. The second cycle of research, covering 2016, took a closer look at the awareness that respondents had of the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme, in which it transpired that there is a good level of awareness of both Valletta 2018 as a brand, and of several of the individual events that fall under its programme. However, persons interviewed found it hard to identify which events were part of the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme or not. One other significant theme in the 2016 research was the impact of urban regeneration on Valletta as a communal space: widespread optimism regarding immediate developments in the city was countered by a sense of fatalism regarding Valletta’s long term future, with many respondents stating that it will eventually become unfeasible for most people to be able to live there. The current cycle of research builds on the insights gained from the previous ones and aims to explore the themes and concerns identified in previous cycles in greater depth, and monitor shifts as the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme is launched and the European Capital of Culture year draws closer. All interviews were carried out following the launch of the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme. This report will present a brief review of the methodology used, which remains unchanged from previous years, and the key themes emerging from the research, followed by an account of the findings from the current cycle. These will reflect the three headings already explored in the previous cycle, namely: 1. Valletta – the city and its accessibility; 2. Urban regeneration and its impact on communal life; and 3. Awareness and accessibility of the Valletta 2018 Programme. Finally the report will give its conclusions, and will proceed to pave the way forward for further research and provide recommendations. 6 METHODOLOGY & KEY THEMES The Methodology used in this cycle remained consonant with the one developed and used in the previous cycles, being based on semi-structured interviews carried out with four individuals selected from each of six identified community groups, namely: i. Persons who identify as being from Valletta (Beltin), and who reside in Valletta; ii. Persons who identify as being from Valletta (Beltin), but do not reside in Valletta; iii. Persons who do not identify as being from Valletta (non-Beltin), but who reside in Valletta (including expatriates); iv. Persons who are residents of the Inner Harbour / “Greater Valletta” area; v. Maltese people in general, who commute to Valletta with different levels of regularity; vi. Maltese people with a disability. This set of community groups reflects a range of ways in which Valletta is perceived, lived and experienced and highlights important distinctions that run along the fault lines of residence, symbolic belonging and accessibility of Valletta as both a geographical space and a social place. The retention of these groups also provides continuity throughout the research, thereby allowing for comparability between results obtained from year to year. This is especially important in the wake of the launch of the programme, and as the ECoC year draws closer. The respondents chosen for this cycle included mostly new respondents, although some respondents were retained from previous cycles to be able to provide comparative data on any changes in perception. Furthermore, for the internal consistency of the data, all interviews with individual respondents were held after the launch of the programme. The interviews carried out were complemented by participant observation in community oriented programmes within Valletta 2018, which provided further insights. In particular, participant observation was carried out in activities related to the Ġewwa Barra Valletta 2018 project and a Shake It! activity organised by the Foundation and MOVE Malta in November 2017. Furthermore, meetings were held, amongst others, with the coordinator of the Valletta Design Cluster, and with a representative of the Valletta LEAP Centre. Valletta – the city and its accessibility The inclusion of a cohort of Maltese persons with a disability has been found to highlight issues of accessibility with exceptional clarity. Although accessibility is not limited to issues related to physical mobility, it is clear even from previous cycles of research that the degree of physical accessibility of a space conditions the degree of social engagement that is possible. Furthermore, although the respondents from this group were all persons with a physical disability, the richness of the interviews has allowed insights into a wider range of issues than merely physical notions of access, and included emotional and socio-environmental concerns. The notion of accessibility was also mainstreamed throughout the groups so that questions on the subject were asked to all respondents. 7 Urban regeneration and its impact on communal life 2Following last year’s research, the role of Valletta 2018 as a catalyst for urban regeneration, and its impact on communal life were explored. Interviewees were asked about which spaces in Valletta they frequent, how liveable they feel Valletta is and whether they would consider living there (or moving out, if they already live there). They were also asked what changes they thought Valletta 2018 and related projects would bring, and what effects they thought these would have on their quality of life or that of others. Valletta residents in particular were questioned about their thoughts on how feasible and affordable living in Valletta will be for them and others in future. Awareness and accessibility of the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme. As in the previous years, the interview included questions about the respondents’ awareness of the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme and its aims. It was noted that, in most cases, respondents could relate more to specific events even when they had some awareness of the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme as a whole, and therefore, following questioning on a general level, reference was made to specific key events and initiatives, if respondents had not already identified them. 8 FINDINGS This section of the report presents the most salient points emerging from the research conducted this year, primarily from the semi-structured interviews held with the various community groups identified, as well as the participant observation carried out. This report, which builds on the findings of the first two cycles of this project, aims primarily to explore: - issues related to accessibility and day-to-day life in Valletta; - the role of Valletta 2018 as a catalyst for urban regeneration, and the impact this has on communal life; and - the level of awareness of the Valletta 2018 Programme and its aims, together with the accessibility of the programme itself. Valletta – the city and its accessibility Previous research cycles have shown that Valletta is a place which has multiple layers of meaning to people from the various community groups identified, straddling a number of roles: from the political, administrative and cultural capital of the nation state to the intimacy of a home town with close knit community groups. As a geographical space it is well connected by public transport, but the effectiveness of this connectivity is diminished by congestion and a shortage of parking facilities, as well as by the natural topography and built environment of the city which reduces its physical accessibility, especially for persons with limited mobility. The shortage of parking was seen as reducing the accessibility of Valletta, particularly but not exclusively by the cohorts of residents of the Inner Harbour area and people with disability, since for these the lack of parking spaces acted as a disincentive to engaging with the City. Indeed, in the previous cycles, it was noted that a difficulty in accessing Valletta as a physical space in turn limited the level of engagement that individuals have with the city as a social place, and consequently with the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme. In the research carried out in 2016, there was a marked feeling among the cohort of persons with disability that the situation has improved slightly, and in this regard Valletta 2018 was mentioned as a main contributor to ensuring that spaces can serve the diverse needs of a community. This also resulted in more engagement with the Valletta 2018 programme by this cohort. Nevertheless, it was also observed that more needs to be done to ensure universal access. This sentiment persists in the interviews carried out this
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